Legal Opinion
EL Mendenhall Company v. Kell
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 31, 1961No. 39108PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERRY, Justice.
Challenged, as erroneous and unauthorized by law, is the award of the State Industrial Court granting claimant 80 per centum permanent (partial) disability to his right arm. Employer asserts that claimant’s unreasonable conduct in declining to complete recommended medical treatment prolonged his healing period and prevented optimum recovery from the injury sustained.
The accident, which occurred on August 3, 1959, concededly resulted in an injury to claimant’s right shoulder. Dr. P attended him with the consent of employer. Hospitalized for a period of 12 days, he underwent…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Henly v. Oklahoma Union R. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
- Consolidated Lead & Zinc Co. v. State Industrial Com.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1931
- Moran v. Oklahoma Engineering & MacHine & Boiler Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- Sparks v. General Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1953
- Bergstrom Painting Co. v. PruettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1951
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Wade Lahar Construction Company v. HowellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1962
- Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. v. State Industrial CourtSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- Wheat v. Heritage ManorSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- State Compensation Insurance Fund v. LunaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1964
- Transcon Lines v. BrothertonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
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